"Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire Stoke Park is a private sporting and leisure estate in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. The Mansion building (designed by James Wyatt in 1788) is located in the middle of of parkland, lakes, gardens and monuments. In 1908, it became the first Country Club and Hotel in the UK. In 2013, it was awarded 5 Red AA Stars, the highest accolade for service and facilities for hotels, by The Automobile Association. Stoke Park has served as the filming location for several major films, including James Bond's ""Goldfinger"" and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"", ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" and ""Layer Cake"". It also"
"already high, will be greatly enhanced by this the latest of his works. Stoke Park is considered one of the ""Top 100 Courses in England"". Stoke Park is the host of the annual Boodles Challenge, hosted the week prior to the Championships at Wimbledon. Playing on Stoke Park's grass courts, the world's best men have competed for the Boodles trophy since 2002. Stoke Park has been the backdrop to many movies and TV programmes. Two James Bond films, ""Goldfinger"" (1964) and ""Tomorrow Never Dies"" (1997) have been filmed at the Club. The epic duel between Bond (Sean Connery) and Goldfinger"
"Park include, ""The Vice"", ""The Professionals"", ""Midsomer Murders"", ""Dead of Night"", and many advertisements. Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire Stoke Park is a private sporting and leisure estate in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. The Mansion building (designed by James Wyatt in 1788) is located in the middle of of parkland, lakes, gardens and monuments. In 1908, it became the first Country Club and Hotel in the UK. In 2013, it was awarded 5 Red AA Stars, the highest accolade for service and facilities for hotels, by The Automobile Association. Stoke Park has served as the filming location for several major films, including James"
"used to shoot several places in the film, including the lobby and gallery at the Blades Club, MI6 Headquarters, Buckingham Palace, Green Park, and Westminster. Svalbard, Norway, and Jökulsárlón, Iceland were used for the car chase on the ice with additional scenes filmed at Jostedalsbreen National Park, Norway and RAF Little Rissington, Gloucestershire; Manston Airport in Kent was used for the scenes involving the Antonov cargo plane scenes. The scene in which Bond surfs the wave created by Icarus when Graves was attempting to kill Bond was shot on the blue screen. The waves, along with all the glaciers in"
"among other sets, a recreation of the Fontainebleau, the South American city of the pre-title sequence and both Goldfinger's estate and factory. Three places near the studio were used, Black Park for the car chase involving Bond's Aston Martin and Goldfinger's henchmen inside the factory complex, RAF Northolt for the American airports and Stoke Park Club for the golf club scene. The end of the chase, when Bond's Aston Martin crashes into a wall because of the mirror and the chase immediately preceding it, were filmed on the road at the rear of Pinewood Studios Sound Stages A and E"
"productions such as the James Bond film ""Goldfinger"", where it was used for a night car chase scene (actually set in Switzerland and featuring Bond's Aston Martin DB5), and the 2006 version of ""Casino Royale"", plus several ""Carry On"" films, ""Wombling Free"", ""Batman"", ""Sleepy Hollow"", ""Bugsy Malone"", the ""Harry Potter"" film series, """", ""Robin Hood"", ""47 Ronin"",""Eden Lake"", and the Monty Python film ""And Now for Something Completely Different"". In television, Black Park, together with its lake, was used extensively in location filming for the planet Alzarius in the 1980 Doctor Who serial ""Full Circle"", and was employed again two"
"located towards the eastern side of the site. A new clubhouse, stand and floodlighting have recently been erected. The racecourse is the setting for a scene in the musical ""My Fair Lady"" and the subject for the song ""Ascot Gavotte"". The racecourse was used as a filming location in the James Bond film ""A View to a Kill"" (1985), where Bond (played for the last time by Roger Moore) was beginning his mission to defeat the villainous Max Zorin (Christopher Walken), whose horse was racing there. The James Bond production crew returned to Ascot Racecourse for ""Skyfall"" (2012), where it"
"(Gert Frobe) led to Sean Connery's own ""lifelong love affair with golf"". The ""mini break"" and rowing scenes from ""Bridget Jones's Diary"" (2001) were filmed in The Mansion, lakes and The Pennsylvania Suite. In 2004, three movies were released featuring Stoke Park: ""Wimbledon"", ""Bride & Prejudice"", and ""Layer Cake"". In ""Wimbledon"", Paul Bettany featured on the grass tennis courts. Stoke Park featured heavily in ""Layer Cake"", including the dramatic ending with Daniel Craig and Sienna Miller filmed on The Mansion steps. Guy Ritchie's ""RocknRolla"" (2008) also featured the grass tennis courts and the 21st Green. Other features filmed at Stoke"
"James Bond's Aston Martin DB5 before moving to Nassau, and Paradise Island in the Bahamas (where most of the footage was shot), and Miami. Huntington Hartford gave permission to shoot footage on his Paradise Island and is thanked at the end of the film. On arriving in Nassau, McClory searched for locations to shoot many of the key sequences of the film and used the home of a local millionaire couple, the Sullivans, for Largo's estate, Palmyra. Part of the SPECTRE underwater assault was also shot on the coastal grounds of another millionaire's home on the island. The most difficult"
"props from every previous Bond film and stored in Eon Productions' archives appear in Q's warehouse in the London Underground. Examples include the jetpack in ""Thunderball"" and Rosa Klebb's poison-tipped shoe in ""From Russia with Love"". Q mentions that the watch he issues Bond is ""your 20th, I believe"", a reference to ""Die Another Day"" being the 20th Eon-produced Bond film. In London, the Reform Club was used to shoot several places in the film, including the lobby at the Blades Club, MI6 Headquarters, Buckingham Palace, Green Park, and Westminster. Svalbard, Norway and Jökulsárlón, Iceland were used for the car"
"location at Stonor House, doubling for Bladen's Safe House, the first scene Jeroen Krabbé filmed. The film reunites Bond with the car maker Aston Martin. Following Bond's use of the Aston Martin DBS in ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"", the filmmakers then turned to the brand new Lotus Esprit in 1977's ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", which reappeared four years later in ""For Your Eyes Only"". Despite the iconic status of the submersible Lotus however, Bond's Aston Martin DB5 is recognised as the most famous of his vehicles. As a consequence, Aston Martin returned with their V8 Vantage. Two different"
"heavy Italian accent also led to his voice being redubbed by English actor David de Keyser for the final cut. Principal photography began in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, on 21 October 1968, with the first scene shot being an aerial view of Bond climbing the stairs of Blofeld's mountain retreat to meet the girls. The scenes were shot at the revolving restaurant Piz Gloria, located atop the Schilthorn near the village of Mürren. The location was found by production manager Hubert Fröhlich after three weeks of location scouting in France and Switzerland. The restaurant was still under construction, but"
"few yards from Fleming's Goldeneye estate, and the author regularly visited the filming with friends. Location filming was largely in Oracabessa, with additional scenes on the Palisadoes strip and Port Royal in St Andrew. On 21 February, production left Jamaica with footage still unfilmed due to a change of weather. Five days later, filming began at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England with sets designed by Ken Adam, which included Dr. No's base, the ventilation duct and the interior of the British Secret Service headquarters. The studio was used on the majority of later Bond films. Adam's initial budget for the entire"
"USAF's 352nd Special Ops Group (SOG) at RAF Mildenhall U.K. Some scenes were planned to be filmed on location in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and the production had been granted a visa. This was later rescinded, two months after planning had begun, and forced the filming to move to Bangkok, Thailand. Bond spokesman Gordon Arnell claimed the Vietnamese were unhappy with crew and equipment needed for pyrotechnics, with a Vietnamese official saying it was due to ""many complicated reasons"". Two locations from previous Bond films were used: Brosnan and Hatcher's love scene was filmed at Stoke Park Club, which"
"Fossets Farm development, next to the new Southend United F.C. ground. Southend has appeared in films over the years, with the New York New York arcade on Marine Parade being used in the British gangsta flick Essex Boys, and its airport being used for the filming of James Bond's Goldfinger. Southend has three major venues; Chinnerys, the Riga Club (formerly at the Cricketers Pub London Road) at The Dickens, and the Cliffs Pavilion. The Railway Hotel is a live music pub, which features a variety of acts, and curates the Southend Pier Festival. Concerts are also shown at the Plaza,"
"List for England since May 1949. In its history it has hosted numerous championships, including the 1974 JNF pro-am golf tournament, featuring 136 golfers. Due to its close proximity to Borehamwood Studios it has been extensively used as a filming location for numerous TV series and films, including ""The Saint"", ""The Avengers"" and ""The Smile Behind the Veil"" episode of ""Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)"" in the 1960s and films such as ""The Strange World of Planet X"" (1957) and ""The Secret of My Success"" (1965). A lake is located in the grounds. Until 1965, the house and park lay in"
"within the Donington Park Race Circuit. For the following series, which were filmed at Easton Neston near Towcester, Travis was replaced by Peter Purves from ""Blue Peter"". An offshoot programme, ""Junior Kick Start"", was also made for younger contestants, notably appearances include Dougie Lampkin. Another notable contestant to appear on the show is Jean-Pierre Goy, who later became a stunt motorcyclist. He performed a stunt bike sequence in the 1997 James Bond film ""Tomorrow Never Dies"". An often-repeated incident from the programme was when a ten-year-old competitor fell from an obstacle into a ditch. As volunteers from the St. John"
"park is redeveloped. A Boeing 747-200 which served with British Airways until 2002 as ""City of Birmingham"", G-BDXJ, was purchased by Aces High Limited, a company specialising in supplying aircraft for television and film work, and transferred to Dunsfold. It was modified and used for filming for the 2006 James Bond film ""Casino Royale"". Some of the scenes set at Miami International Airport were filmed at Dunsfold. It has also appeared in the background of numerous ""Top Gear"" episodes and directly in an episode where it is towed by a JCB Fastrac tractor. It was also towed by a Volkswagen"
"magazine's second lifetime achievement award at a ceremony at Pinewood Studios in England. Later that year, Sir Roger Moore was also presented with the magazine's lifetime achievement award. As with Guy Hamilton, the presentation took place at Pinewood Studios. In 2010, Cinema Retro, in partnership with T.W.I.N.E Tours, hosted a Movie Magic Tour of British film locations. Sites visited on the 8 day trek included Stoke Park, where the famous golf game in ""Goldfinger"" was shot, Portmeirion in Wales, site of the filming of the legendary TV series ""The Prisoner"" starring Patrick McGoohan, the Stan Laurel Museum in the comic's"
"an unusual range of plants to be found in an expanse of acid heathland. The preservation of the Wall is managed by Army Training Estates with the assistance of the MOD Hankley Conservation Group. Hankley Common is home to one of Britain's most popular golf courses. Hankley Common Golf Club opened in 1897 with nine holes and was expanded to eighteen holes in 1922. Hankley Common was also used in the James Bond films ""The World Is Not Enough"", ""Die Another Day"", and ""Skyfall"". The sets depicted a pier in the Caspian Sea where James Bond was attacked by a"
"of Swiss bank and flyover-bridge adjacent to the Guggenheim Museum. In London outdoor footage was shot of the SIS Building and Vauxhall Cross with several weeks filming the boat chase on the River Thames eastwards towards the Millennium Dome, Greenwich. The canal footage of the chase where Bond soaks the parking wardens was filmed at Wapping and the boat stunts in Millwall Dock and under Glengall Bridge were filmed at the Isle of Dogs. Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, was used as the site of the King family estate on banks of Loch Lomond. Filming was then shot in Scotland at the"
"the Hong Kong Dragon Garden as the estate of Hai Fat, which portrayed a location in Bangkok. The major part of principal photography started on 18 April 1974 in Thailand. Thai locations included Bangkok, Thon Buri, Phuket and the nearby Phang Nga Province, on the islands of Ko Khao Phing Kan () and Ko Tapu (). Scaramanga's hideout is on Ko Khao Phing Kan, and Ko Tapu is often now referred to as ""James Bond Island"" both by locals and in tourist guidebooks. The scene during the boxing match used an actual Muay Thai fixture at the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium."
"she was influenced by atmospheric thrillers such as ""Picnic at Hanging Rock"" and ""Don't Look Now"" while directing her debut feature, ""Texas Killing Fields"". Its imagery has been directly referenced in several works. The 2006 James Bond film, ""Casino Royale"" contains a small homage where James Bond pursues a female character through Venice, catching glimpses of her through the crowds wearing a red dress. The Bruges set thriller, ""In Bruges"", starring Colin Farrell, includes a number of explicit references; director Martin McDonagh said that the ""Venice of ""Don't Look Now"""" was the template for the depiction of Bruges in his"
"Filming of James Bond in the 1970s Films made in the 1970s featuring the character of James Bond included ""Diamonds Are Forever"", ""Live and Let Die"", ""The Man with the Golden Gun"", ""The Spy Who Loved Me"", and ""Moonraker"". Filming began on 5 April 1971, with the South African scenes actually shot in the desert near Las Vegas, and finished on 13 August 1971. The film was shot primarily in the US, with locations including the Los Angeles International Airport, Universal City Studios and eight hotels of Las Vegas. Besides the Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, other places in England were"
"He also played the slot machines, and once delayed a scene because he was collecting his winnings. While shooting in Las Vegas Connery dated his co-star Lana Wood. The site used for the Willard Whyte Space Labs (where Bond gets away in the Moon Buggy) was actually, at that time, a Johns-Manville gypsum plant located just outside Las Vegas. The home of Kirk Douglas was used for the scene in Tiffany's house, while the Elrod House in Palm Springs, designed by John Lautner, became Willard Whyte's house. The exterior shots of the Slumber mortuary were of the Palm Mortuary in"
"improving the British characterisations. To play the lead role of Bond, Sean Connery was not Broccoli or Fleming's first choice, but he was selected after Patrick McGoohan had turned down the role, and Eon had rejected Richard Johnson. After Connery was chosen, Terence Young took the actor to his tailor and hairdresser and introduced him to the high life, restaurants, casinos and women of London. In the words of Bond writer Raymond Benson, Young educated the actor ""in the ways of being dapper, witty, and above all, cool"". Filming took place on location in Jamaica between 16 January and 21"
"was filmed here. The scenes involved Roger Moore as James Bond attempting to regain control of a helicopter operated by remote control by his nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld. The gasworks buildings were also used in a number of scenes representing a dystopian 1984 London in the 1984 film version of the George Orwell's ""Nineteen Eighty-Four"". In 1986, the film """" used the gasworks as a location for a weapon testing ground. Patrick Keiller's 1997 film ""Robinson in Space"" visits Beckton, including 'East Ham Churchyard' (""the largest in England"" noted the narrator Paul Scofield) opposite Beckton Alps. ""Asylum"", a 2000 film"
"village, but along the A82, is the Glencoe Visitor Centre, run by the National Trust for Scotland. This modern (constructed in 2002) visitor centre houses a coffee shop, store, and information centre. The village is surrounded by spectacular mountain scenery and is popular with serious hill-walkers, rock and ice climbers. It has been seen in numerous films, including ""Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"" as the home of Hagrid, and the 2012 James Bond movie ""Skyfall"", also known from Ian Fleming's original novels as the birthplace of James Bond's father Andrew Bond. Well known residents include Hamish MacInnes, mountaineer"
"in Kingwood, Texas, and some was shot at Tubac GC in Tubac, Arizona. The movie's 18th hole is actually the 4th hole on Kingwood's Deerwood course; the lake that guards the front of the green on this beautiful and difficult par-5, actually a par 4 in real life, was built for the movie by the film company. There are (credited) cameo appearances by pro golfers, including Gary McCord, Phil Mickelson, Craig Stadler, John Cook, Johnny Miller, Lee Janzen, Corey Pavin, Fred Couples, and Billy Mayfair—as well as TV golf broadcasters Jim Nantz, Ken Venturi, Gary McCord, Ben Wright, Frank Chirkinian,"
"began on location in London on 19 June 2007. Two scenes were filmed at Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire: the opening scene on the grass tennis courts, and the round of golf which takes place on the 21st green with the impressive clubhouse in the background. Critical reaction to the film has been mixed, with 59% positive out of 146 reviews on the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6/10, the critical consensus stating: ""Mixed reviews for Guy Ritchie's return to his London-based cockney wideboy gangster movie roots, but most agree, it's a step in the right"
"glamorous location for Elizabeth Taylor in ""Ash Wednesday"" (1973), and was also a major location for the 1981 James Bond film ""For Your Eyes Only"". Roger Moore's James Bond meets the character Luigi Ferrara (John Moreno) at the peak of Tofana and stays at the Hotel Miramonti. A number of action sequences were shot in the town involving Bond and Erich Kriegler (John Wyman), as Kriegler competes in the biathlon. The battle culminates in one of the famous ski chase sequences in film, where Bond has to escape Kriegler and a crew of assassins on a spike-wheeled motorcycles, his route"
"James Bond movie ""Die Another Day"", ""The Quiller Memorandum"" (1966), ""The Man Who Haunted Himself"" (1970), Lindsay Anderson's ""O Lucky Man!"" (1973), ""The Avengers"" (1998), ""Nicholas Nickleby"" (2002), ""Quantum of Solace"" (2008) and ""Sherlock Holmes"" (2009). It has also been used as the lobby of the Dolphin Hotel in the film adaptation of Stephen King's short story ""1408."" In the 1982 BBC television adaptation of ""Smiley's People"", based on the Cold War spy thriller by John le Carré, the titular character visits the Reform Club at the start of the third episode, spending an extended period of time in the"
"Shanghai. Although set in Scotland, Bond's family home of Skyfall was constructed on Hankley Common in Surrey using plywood and plaster to build a full-scale model of the building, with some exterior scenes shot in Glen Etive and Glencoe. In September 2012 it was announced that Daniel Craig had signed to the role of Bond for the following two films, the first of which was ""Spectre"", funded by MGM and Sony. In March 2013 Mendes announced he would not return to direct the next film in the series, although he later decided to return. In July 2013 it was revealed"